Rail-joint.



G. D. BAOKUS.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 1908.

314mm: I D {Backus Wit who c. DQBAcKUs.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 190a.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

G D B m 1??? wit" use:

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

CORN ELIUS -D. B ACKUS, .OF BELVA, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. April 7, 1908. Serial No. 425,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS D. BAoKUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belva, in the county of Nicholas and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,.andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it -appertains to make and use the I same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail joints and it is primarily the object of the invention to provide a novel device of this character, which will obviate the use of auxiliary fish plates.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel'device of this character, wherein the pounding of the rails is reduced" to a minimum. 1

It is also an object of the invention to rovide a novel device of this character, w ich will be simple in construction, efilcient and advantageous in practice and comparatively inex ensive to manufacture.

Vi 1th the above and other objects in view,

. the invention consists in the details of construction andin the novel arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter referred to.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accom anying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which,

Fi -ore 1 is a view in perspective illustrating t c invention. Fig. 2 is a view inelevation and partly in section'- of the invention Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of one end of a rail. Fig. 4 1s a view in perspective of an opposed end of a rail, and, Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5, Fig. 1.

In the drawin s '1 denotes the end portion of a rail havin t e head and a portion of the web out there rom, the outer end pf the web portion being provided with an upstanding tongue or projection 2 terminating on a line The portion 1 is adapted to extend between fish plates 3 formed inte l with an end portion of the rail 4, said fis plates overlapping, as at '6', the portion of the adjacent rail beyond the portion 1 thereof.

The projection 2 extends within a recess 5 formed in theunder surface of the head of the rail 4, which-connects the upper edges of the plates 3 a greater portion of their length. By this arrangement, it will be seen that any longitudinal movement of the rails, one-wit relation to the other, is effectively prevented,

and that by having the end ortion 6 of the Patented Dec. 8, 19 08.

flush with the under surface *of the head.-

fish plate overlapping the a japent rail', any

, lateral movement of the rails, 0118',Witl1 relaedge of the lug being ap roximately ush with the under surface 0 the head and a second rail having fish plates formed integral with the sides thereof overla ping the web of the first-named rail andthe base thereof, the web of said second rail being provided with a recess in which fits the rojection of the firstnamed rail, the bases 0 the fish plates being provided with notches in the edges thereof,

said notches being of-less depth than the dis-v 4 tance from the edges of the bases of the fish plates to the edges of the rail.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CORNELIUS DTBACKUS.

Witness't's:

M.-q DARLINGTON, D. BROWN.

minating in an up-standing lug, the u per r 

